Elisa Franco

Elisa Franco is a Professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Bioengineering at UCLA.  She received a Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems from the California Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Automation from the University of Trieste, Italy. The Franco group works on research problems at the intersection of DNA/RNA nanotechnology and mathematical modeling, with focus on design and synthesis of circuits and responsive materials using nucleic acids and proteins. These projects are funded by the NSF, the DOE, the Alfred Sloan Foundation, and the Broad Stem Cell Research Center at UCLA. Prof. Franco is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Rose Hills Foundation Young Investigator award, and is a      Hellman Fellow.